SCHOOL OF VERONA, 16TH CENTURY
The Martyrdom of St Catherine of Alexandria
oil on panel
56 x 43cm
Provenance
The Right Rev. Monsignor Bickerstaffe-Drew, The Manor House, Salisbury Plain, 1906;
Sale, Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, 22nd January 1976, lot 86, as Giovanni Francesco Caroto
The present work will be on view at Cromwell Place on 26th & 27th September
| Estimate: |
£2,000 - £4,000
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Hammer price:
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£8,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Condition Report
The panel has been cradled. The panel is uneven from two repaired splits running vertically from the upper border, these have been well executed and are holding the panel stable. Traces of craquelure and the grain of the wood are visible throughout the paint surface. Ultraviolet reveals infilling to craquelure around the angel in the sky, to the clouds, upper left and to the St Catherine's face; some further patches of retouching to frame abrasions. Held in a plaster gilt frame with some chips to the mouldings.
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